University of Kentucky and a little shopping!

Hello all! 

This morning us girls started our day off with yet another yummy breakfast at the schools dining hall. After a morning filled with delicious bagels, bananas, cold cereal, and organic strawberries we were ready to head out to take a tour of the University of Kentucky's Communication Sciences and Disorders program. We were all very eager to visit a program that is so large in size. Coming from our small school and our smaller Speech and Language Disorders program it was exciting to see the options that are available for graduate school.

The observation area at the University of Kentucky

The view into one of the therapy rooms

After arriving to the schools very impressive clinic our gang was introduced to Dr. Anne Olson, an audiologist at the school who kindly gave us a very informational tour of the department. We had the opportunity to tour the entire Communication Sciences and Disorders department. We viewed the classrooms, therapy rooms, research rooms, observations areas and much more. During the tour Dr. Olson took us into the rooms in which the materials for therapy were stored. All of us were amazed at the amount of toys, therapy games, and different activities were available.

After our tour we parted ways with Dr. Olson and took a moment to take a few photos!

After our very informative tour we had worked up an appetite and decided to try out the "Hugh Jass Burgers"! The name of the restaurant really resembled what we would soon experience. None of us left there hungry that is for sure!!!

 After a lunch filled with laughter and delicious food we ventured off to the book store to take some pictures and to of course purchase some UK apparel.

The day continued with a short car ride back to Berea to visit to Artisan Center At Berea. Here, different artists from the city showed off their craftsmanship. There were many different items to look at and purchase such as glass blowing, wood carving, weaving, paintings and much much more!

Hailey, Bre, Dr. Johnson, and Ashland doing a little shopping!

 The Artisan Center showed just a sample of what the local artists could make. After seeing the beautiful hand blown glass I was very interested in stopping by Michelle Weston's Glass Studio. Her pieces were amazing in their color and the amount of detail that was involved in each.

Our night ended with a nice dinner at a local pizzeria "Papaleno's" and movie together. Tonight Ted chose the movie! We watched Mel Brooks 1974 comedy western,"Blazing Saddles"! This classic comedy kept us laughing all night.

Personally, I really value the opportunities that were presented today. This was my first time visiting such a large university and seeing what different programs have to offers to their students at both the undergraduate as well as the graduate level. I think it's safe to speak for almost all of the crew when saying that as a group of undergraduate students we were very fortunate to have to the chance to tour such a fantastic program this afternoon. I now have a better idea of what type of graduate programs are available and what I am interested in. So, after a wonderful day it is time to say....

 ...Goodnight! Check back tomorrow evening for some more Kentucky adventures :)
-Ang